The article focuses on a study which compared the effectiveness of minimally invasive surgical ablation with catheter ablation in treating antiarrhythmatic drug-refractory atrial fibrillation with left atrial dilatation and hypertension or a failed prior catheter ablation.

The author discusses the study by T. Szili-Torok and colleagues on the aspects of major determinants of radio frequency (RF) ablation. The authors of the study describe their experience regarding the use of non- steerable intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter to see intra-cardiac...

The article discusses a multicenter study by M. Pompili and colleagues in Italy which found that cirrhotic and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients experienced similar survival and tumor recurrence rates after they were treated with either liver resection or radiofrequency ablation (RFA).